Gefreiter Hein Severloh - war hero or mass murderer?

I guess no place there was regarded lucky to be in but as an allied soldier I’d prefer Utah.

NickdFresh is totally correct. Civilian casualties were “normal” during that time.
My uncle was one of the many civilian casualties in my home town in the Netherlands (near the German border). After the start of Operation Market Garden, one of the dropzones was just a mile away, our town was frequently under German fire. Early November 1944, one such mortar round killed seven people talking after coming out of the church. My Grandmother was in the hospital at that same time. It also got hit, and Grandma suffered severe burns, dying a few months later.